Stay up to date with the latest developments and Shetland Family History Society news.

August 31st, 2023
Voices From the Past - Presentation & Book Signing

All welcome to this free collaborative event with the Shetland Family History Society event in the Shetland Library on Saturday 9th September at 7pm. Karen will be available to sign any books

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July 21st, 2023
Sharing Shetland Surnames - The Hay Family

The recent lecture by Frank Hay and John Goodlad at our popular Hay weekend.

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June 20th, 2023
Hay Surname Weekend at Aith Hall (24th-25th June)

All Welcome at the Launch of the Hay Surname Weekend.

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March 28th, 2023
Annual General Meeting

The A.G.M. will be held at Garthspool on 21st April 2023 at 4:00 p.m.

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January 30th, 2023
Garthspool Opening

We haved now re-opened our Garthspool premises for the year but will be observing the Shetland Holiday on 1st February 2023 when we will be closed. We look forward to seeing you soon

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November 18th, 2022
Conference 2022 Handout

Conference 2022 Handout

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October 25th, 2022
Sharing Shetland 2022

The Sharing Shetland virtual conference was held on 22nd October 2022.

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October 21st, 2022
Winter Closure

Please note that we will be closed from Monday 5th December 2022 and opening again on Monday 30 January 2023. Should you wish to make an appointment between those dates please contact: [email protected]

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September 20th, 2022
Members Area

New content has been added. Data available for members to see includes: 21 of the MI books, and all the indexes to the full series of MI books.

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September 20th, 2022
Hairst journal available

The Hairst Coontin Kin is out now. Look for it on the website Members’ Area or your printed copy arriving in the post.

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August 24th, 2022
More reasons to join us 2022

NEW, research pieces, images and stories.

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August 15th, 2022
Simmer journal available

The Simmer issue of our free to members journal Coontin Kin is in available now.

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